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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:opera
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1959_film)
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_Special_Citation_(1998)
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gptkbp:basedOn
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gptkb:Porgy_(novel)
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:George_Gershwin
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gptkbp:duration
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about 3 hours
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:opera
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Porgy & Bess
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:opera
jazz
musical theatre
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:librettist
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gptkb:DuBose_Heyward
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gptkbp:lyricist
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gptkb:Ira_Gershwin
gptkb:DuBose_Heyward
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gptkbp:notableCharacter
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gptkb:King
gptkb:Peter
gptkb:Maria
gptkb:Robbins
gptkb:Bess
gptkb:Clara
gptkb:Porgy
gptkb:Serena
gptkb:Sportin'_Life
Jake
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gptkbp:notableProduction
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1986)
Houston Grand Opera (1976)
Metropolitan Opera (1985, 2019)
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gptkbp:notableRecording
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gptkb:Ella_Fitzgerald_and_Louis_Armstrong_(1957)
Leontyne Price and William Warfield (1963)
Miles Davis and Gil Evans (1958)
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gptkbp:notableSong
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gptkb:Summertime
gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now
gptkb:I_Got_Plenty_o'_Nuttin'
gptkb:It_Ain't_Necessarily_So
gptkb:My_Man's_Gone_Now
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gptkbp:originalCastMember
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gptkb:John_W._Bubbles
gptkb:Anne_Brown
gptkb:Todd_Duncan
gptkb:Ruby_Elzy
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gptkbp:premiereDate
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1935-09-30
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gptkbp:premiereLocation
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gptkb:Colonial_Theatre,_Boston
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Tams-Witmark_Music_Library
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Catfish_Row,_Charleston,_South_Carolina
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:racism
addiction
love
poverty
African-American life
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Joe_Henderson_Big_Band
gptkb:Bluebird_Festival
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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